Re:THE APPLICATION OF BP ) Conservation Order No. 346
EXPLORATION (ALASKA) )
INC. for an order granting )
an exception to spacing ) BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.
requirements of Title ) Niakuk 9
20 AAC 25.055 to provide )
for the drilling of the BP )
Niakuk 9 development oil well )
November 21, 1994

IT APPEARING THAT:

1. BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. submitted an application dated October 26, 1994 requesting exception to 20 AAC 25.055(a)(3) to allow drilling the BP Niakuk 9 development oil well to a producing location in the Niakuk Oil Pool that is closer than 500 feet to the pool rule area boundary.

2. Notice of opportunity for public hearing was published in the Anchorage Daily News on October 29, 1994 pursuant to 20 AAC 25.540.

3. No protests to the application were received.

FINDINGS:

1. The BP Niakuk 9 well as proposed will be a deviated hole drilled from a surface location 3998' from the north line and 1073' from the east line of Section 36, T12N, R15E, Umiat Meridian (UM) to a proposed bottom-hole location of 2599' from the south line and 850' from the west line of Section 23, T12N, R15E, UM.